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# Merb.run_later issues
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Here is what I am running.

- Slicehost account
- Ubuntu 8.04
- jruby 1.1.5 (ruby 1.8.6 patchlevel 114) (2008-11-03 rev 7996) [amd64-java]
- glassfish V3 (0.9.1)
- merb-core 1.0.8.1
- merb-helpers 1.0.8.1

I have built an API that processes a bunch of PDFs and PNGs. On create I am 
returning some json and then using run_later to process the uploaded file. 
this is what my controller looks like...

  # POST /morphs
  def create
    only_provides :js
    @morph = Morph.new(params[:morph])
    if @morph.save
      run_later { @morph.process! }
      display @morph
    end
  end

With glassfish (jruby -S glassfish), the project runs but the "@morph.process!" 
command that is in the run_later block does not get called. It a pretty tricky 
thing to test but that seems to be my findings so far. when I use mongrel instead 
(jruby -S merb), it works as expected. I am not sure if the problem lies with 
jruby or with glassfish (or neither). Anyways, I hope this information is useful. 
Any tips you have for me would be much appreciated.

-brock